

USA declines to brand China a currency manipulator
No country met the three criteria to be labelled a currency manipulator in the second half of 2016. The Treasury report said that for a decade China engaged in one-way large-scale interventions to hold down the currency, and then only allowed it to strengthen gradually - a practice that imposed "significant and long-lasting hardship on American workers and companies".
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In Iran Iran's Rouhani registers to run for re-election
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L), U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (2nd L), Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi (2nd R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) wait with others ahead of a meeting at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne on March 26, 2015.
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Paul Manafort Registering with US Government as Foreign Agent
Last summer, Manafort's name appeared in a so-called black ledger allegedly detailing Yanukovych's secret cash payments to political allies. Manafort reportedly led lobbying efforts on behalf of the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine, a front group for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, in the United States from 2010 to 2014.
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United Nations peacekeeping operations to end in haiti, Indian units to remain
United Nations peacekeepers were deployed to Haiti in 2004 when a rebellion led to the ouster and exile of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Acting on the recommendations of the Secretary-General, the Council also made a decision to establish a successor operation, the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), which would be mandated to assist the Haitian Government to strengthen rule of law institutions; further support and develop the National Police; and engage ...
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Mistaken coalition airstrike in Syria kills 18 U.S.-backed local forces
Coalition aircraft were given the wrong coordinates by partner forces, the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces , for a strike meant to target ISIS militants south of Tabqa, a town on Lake Assad about 30 miles west of Raqqa, Central Command said.
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Trump launched Syria strike eating cake with Xi Jinping
Trump pointed out that he had fruitful discussions with Stoltenberg on what can be done to combat terrorism. This morning President Donald Trump was on Fox News speaking to Maria Bartiromo about the details surrounding the strike he ordered last week on a northern Syrian airbase in response to a suspected chemical attack on civilians that killed at least 100.
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Over 600 candidates register for Iran presidential race
Although the constitution does not block a former president from returning to office - a sitting president is limited to two terms - it hasn't happened before. He added: "Some people say that the [supreme leader's] advice was meant to completely forbid [me from running], but what the leader said was just advice".
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US Bomb Death Toll Rises to 94
The spokesman for the provincial governor, Attullah Khogyani, also spoke of "90 Daesh fighters killed". One resident living around 2 kilometers (1.5 miles) from the blast told CNN he heard an " extremely loud boom that smashed the windows of our house".
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Appeals Court Upholds That Civil Rights Act Applies To LGBT Workers
The Trump administration says decisions on this question should be left to state and local officials; it scrapped a directive from President Barack Obama's administration advising schools to let transgender students use the facilities of their choice.
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India, Australia ink six pacts
After holding delegation-level bilateral talks and signing six pacts aimed at greater cooperation, the two heads of state arrived at Mandi House metro station on the Delhi metro's Blue Line to hop a ride. While praising his counterpart, Prime Minister Modi said, "Your visit gives us opportunity to shape new priorities in our strategic partnership".
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Zarif calls United States bombing of Syria unacceptable
Discussing how to follow up and implement the agreements reached between Iran and Russian Federation during the visit of President Rouhani to Moscow was another part of the talks between Zarif and Lavrov. In his Wednesday interview with AFP, Assad similarly said his nation would allow only an "impartial" investigation. On Tuesday morning a residential district in Chan Sheikhun in Idlib province was bombed and poison gas was released.
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North Korea celebrated its founder's birthday with an extravagant military display
Kim Jong Un, looking relaxed in a dark suit and laughing with aides, oversaw the festivities on the "Day of the Sun" at Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung Square. North Korea showed two new kinds of ICBM enclosed in canister launchers mounted on the back of trucks, suggesting Pyongyang was working towards a "new concept" of ICBM, said Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at the US -based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.